Originally from Venezuela, Maria Bertrán maintains studios in California, Florida, and Provence. She paints the intersections of nature and human cultivation in these painter-friendly locales, imbuing her work with a rejuvenating energy of style and color. Courtyards, portals, country roads, cafes, villages, and landscapes of inland and coastal vistas all come joyously to life in Bertrán's honest, uplifting paintings. Her impressionist style is perfectly suited to the message of her work: Savor these beautiful evidences of humanity's more gentle alterations to the resilient and fragile beauty of nature.

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